About AMWA – Resources

Women’s Health Working Group

AMWA has always placed Women’s Health Issues as a priority in its Mission Statement and Goals. Many of the prior Women’s Health projects of AMWA have made an impact on education and healthcare delivery in Women’ Health. From the AWHI international clinics to the Reproductive Health and Breast Care Curricula to the Women’s Health Textbook and CME courses of the 90’s, women’s health has been at the forefront in the AMWA mission. And AMWA has also been active in speaking out in the policy arena for Universal Healthcare as a Women’s Health issue.

Background

In 2006, President Claudia Morrissey rejuvenated AMWA’s Women’s Health focus by establishing the Womens’ Health Working Group (WHWG), and naming Dr. Janice Werbinski as chair of that group.

In the ensuing years, the group’s focus has been primarily in creating a web based repository of women’s health educational and curricular materials through the Sex and Gender Women’s Health Collaborative (formerly called the Advancing Women’s Health Initiative).

Committee Membership

This committee has been very popular, and currently has 24 members interested in working on these projects and goals. The current (2012) executive committee consists of: